Pennsylvania hospitals, while facing financial challenges in the post-pandemic world, still support one in 10 jobs and contribute a fifth of the state’s gross domestic product. 

Poor working conditions and stagnant wages have led to an increase in strike activity. 

Mid-sized companies, industry analysts say, prospered during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now face roadblocks that inhibit continued growth. 

The current economy with supply chain disruptions and increased costs of materials is a “nightmare” for the construction industry.

The availability of beer at bars, taverns and restaurants in the southeast is becoming a slow flow as supply chain issues hit distributors. 

The continuing rising price of diesel fuel is having a major impact on the economy and the supply chain as independent truckers are finding it more expensive to haul freight than they are making on the load.

Harsco Corp., which plans to relocate its Camp Hill headquarters to Philadelphia early next year, reported first-quarter revenue Tuesday from continuing operations of $453 million. 

Utz Brands Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Thomas Lawrence, is set to retire from the company next month, according to a statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Hanover-based snack foods company. 

The trucking industry is vital to the supply chain across the nation. As diesel prices rise, and they have been rising fast, the cost of moving goods is also increasing. That increased cost is being passed along from shipper to hauler to receiver, and ultimately, to the consumer. 

Walmart plans to open a 1.8 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Shippensburg, expecting to bring up to 600 permanent supply chain jobs to the area. 

Mechanicsburg-based independent grocery chain, Karns Foods, plans to separate itself from the national beef supply chain by sourcing, owning, managing and processing its own private beef herd. 

Harrisburg-based electronics wholesaler D&H Distributing is the fourth largest private company in Pennsylvania and the 84th largest in the country, according to the most recent Forbes List of America’s Largest Private Companies. 

From foam to make mattresses to computer chips and construction materials, higher prices, longer wait times and the choice between a substitute or doing without has become a mainstay of daily life for many as supply chain woes continue to pinch just about every industry under the sun. 

Pandemic-driven supply chain pain isn’t expected to go away any time soon. 

Hanover-based snack food company Utz Brands plans to purchase all of the assets of tortilla chip, corn chip and pellet snack manufacturer, Festida Foods for $41 million.